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Name Asen Dotsinski
Profession AI Safety Researcher
Email asendotsinski@proton.me
Summary I'm an AI researcher driven to keep increasingly capable AI safe as it proliferates, focusing on the adversarial robustness of open-weight LLMs against jailbreaking. I'm a PhD student in LLM security at INSAIT and first author of published work on jailbreaking and LLM interpretability.

Publications

Education

  • 2026 - Present

    Sofia, BG

    PhD in AI
    INSAIT
    LLM Security
    • Supervised by Dr. Yuxia Wang
  • 2024 - 2026

    Amsterdam, NL

    Master of Science
    University of Amsterdam
    Artificial Intelligence
    • GPA 8.9/10
  • 2021 - 2024

    Eindhoven, NL

    Bachelor of Engineering
    Eindhoven University of Technology
    Computer Science
    • GPA 9.2/10

Work

  • 2024 - 2026

    Remote

    Freelance Machine Learning Engineer
    Motive Engineering
    ML engineering and optimization work using C++, Python, PyTorch, CUDA, and Docker.
    • Implemented a swarm optimization algorithm entirely on CUDA, achieving a 17x speedup over previous solutions while halving the lines of code used
    • Created a combined DevOps/MLOps CD flow using Docker and pre-commits, reducing deliverable size tenfold and ensuring code reproducibility
    • Designed, implemented and optimized multiple object collision algorithms
    • Refactored legacy code to improve maintainability and use C++ 17 best practices
  • 2023 - 2024

    Eindhoven, NL

    Back-end Developer
    Drieam
    Backend development using Ruby on Rails, Rspec, and PostgreSQL.
    • Maintained and expanded the backend of a Rails Ed-Tech application integrated with Canvas
    • Applied test-driven development using Rspec and wrote API contracts in OpenAPI
  • 2022 - 2023

    Best, NL

    Embedded Developer
    WeFabricate
    Embedded systems development using C/C++, Bash, FreeRTOS, with Jira and Scrum.
    • Designed and developed real-time firmware for a fleet of 150 embedded IoT controllers of dispensing systems for international clients like Walmart and Lidl
    • Implemented live data analysis and calibration of sensors, with automatic error correction
    • Configured and maintained a production-ready Linux-based environment using Bash scripts
    • Led and managed a small software team (3-5 people) using Jira and Scrum
  • 2021 - 2022

    Veldhoven, NL

    C++ Developer
    Dimenco
    C++ robotics development.
    • Developed and tested a C++ library for automating calibration tasks with an industrial robotic arm
  • 2019 - 2021

    Bulgaria

    Robotics Teacher & Content Developer
    Robopartans
    Teaching and curriculum development using LEGO Mindstorms.
    • Taught children aged 7-15 how to build and program robots using the LEGO EV3 Mindstorms kit
    • Developed materials and lessons for the online curriculum the company uses at fllcasts.com

Skills

Research
Adversarial Robustness
LLM Jailbreaking
Mechanistic Interpretability
Deepfake Detection
Machine Learning
PyTorch
CUDA
Transformers & LLMs
MLOps
Programming Languages
Python
C++
C
Ruby
Bash
Engineering & Tooling
Docker
Git & CI/CD
Linux
PostgreSQL
FreeRTOS

Volunteer

  • 2018 - 2021

    Varna, Bulgaria

    Founder, President and Trainer
    Debate club "Odessos"
    Founded the only active debate club in the region, trained and coached multiple national and international winners.
  • 2017 - 2019

    Varna, Bulgaria

    Founder & Lead Engineer
    Laboratory for Innovative Technology (LIT)
    Founded a student team that introduces students to Arduino programming and hardware technologies, while also creating solutions for local businesses and governments.

Awards

Languages

Bulgarian
Native speaker
English
C2 (IELTS 8.5/9)
Russian
B1

Interests

Effective Altruism
EA Community
Conferences
Philosophical Arguments
Tabletop Games
Gloomhaven
Netrunner
Flesh and Blood